John Blenkinsop 1783 - 1831

occupation:
Inventor, Mining engineer
Nationality:
British

1808 - became Agent to Charles John Brandling, owner of the Middleton Colliery, near Leeds; 1811 - patented (No 3431) a rack and pinion system for a locomotive; designed and built by Matthew Murray of Fenton, Murray and Wood in Holbeck.